The Newest American Ethnicity

(this is an edited transcript from The Neighborhood Sociologist podcast)

In an earlier substack piece, I speculated on a group of Americans whose culture is so distinct they may actually be better described as an ethnic group. At the time, I pegged this to conservatism, but I believe that may have been too reductionist. The point of this piece is to flesh out this idea more, using a core sociological idea — ethnicity. I’ll start with ethnicity first, and then move to applying it to this unique group of people.